Thursday, December 22, 2016

One more card before the Big Day. This image is my Christmas Present for members of the Whimsy Stamps And Inspiration Facebook Group! It is called, "Penguin Thinking Of You" and it is only free for a short time (until Jan 8th). If you want this image you'll need to get a Facebook account and then click on this linkto go pick it up from the files section of that page.

I used the following Copics to colour Penguin Thinking Of You:

Blacks - N0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8.

Feet: YR14, 23, 27, E39

Beak and hat - E50, 51, 53, 55

Sky background - first, BG23, then BG11 on top.

Snow - BV20, B000, E70 - white of penguin similar, except no BV20, and I had a light yellow Prismacolour marker in there too (could use E50).

Lots of Snow Tex and glass glitter on this one too. I think I'm a bit obsessed with that stuff!

Sunday, December 18, 2016

My daughters both said, any card with penguins will do for their Christmas card this year. So, this is one of them.

I coloured the image with Copic markers. I like to show dimension on white objects using a varied range of light greys and colours. I used BV20, B91, E50, C1 and C2, BG90 and BG70 on both the polar bear fur and on the snowy ground (no E50 on the snow though).

Hi Peeps! This is the rubber image, "Moose Friends" from the set that has some fun sentiments. I used one of them on this card.

The neutral gold paper is from Tracy's "Christmas Cheer" pack and the blue layer is from my own digital design, "I Dream In Christmas". I hand cut the sentiment. Finally got to use my hand made candy canes (Sculpey) that I had made awhile ago. Have to make more now! Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

I was inspired by Tracy's card here:
This is the digital image "Santa's Glee" as well as some digital sentiments foundhere:
I coloured the image with Copics. The beautiful papers are Tracy's design found here:
Thanks for looking!

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Digital image "Led By Love", sentiment and papers all found here:Heart and snowflakes also from Whimsy here:Image coloured with Copics. Snow on sky is with a white gel pen. Snow on borders is Snow Tex plus Glitter. Thanks for looking!

Addie The Acrobat digital image. Paper is also digital! Sentiment is a digi too! Poinsettia is a Whimsy die - Build A PoinsettiaColoured with Copics. Digital supplies for this card found here: https://whimsystamps.com/search?q=Digital

Friday, December 2, 2016

Red striped paper is from Christmas Cheer, an actual paper pack. I made the Poinsettia using the ever versatile "Build A Poinsettia" die from Whimsy. I just love that one! You can make each flower look unique and natural. It even embosses vein lines in the leaves, just by cutting it (no need to do the extra run through with the rubber mat!). I love my Holly Vine from Whimsy too. I've used that on just about every Christmas card since I got it a couple years ago. Sigh... making Christmas cards... I wish it lasted all year long! I'm having waaaay too much fun!

"Joy" is a wooden cut - out - can't remember where I got it - I have a pack of different ones. Got em on a clearance sale one year.

Hi Peeps! Here is another card using a digi image - "Penguins Are Present". Coloured with Copic markers - I did the white dots by just not colouring in those areas. The green dp is my own design from the digital paper pack "I Dream In Christmas". The sentiment is also digital, and it is from a "must have" set at Whimsy called, "Christmas Time Sentiments". (I get nothing from the sale of this set, I just really love it!) It really has most of the sentiments you will need, so you ought to check it out. Can't beat the price too!

I coloured him with Copics and a handful of "other" brands of alcohol markers. The sentiment is also a digital one, which I infused with the red and green colours using Photoshop. You can colour the lines of digital images just as you would be able to stamp a rubber stamp using different inks - the image is still the same, you've simply used colour instead of black. The green paper is from Whimsy's digital paper, "Back To School 1" pack and the red striped paper is from Whimsy's actual paper pad, "Christmas Cheer". Thanks for stopping by!

Ashley, Valerie and Janet May 2011

Nik and Alla (daughter-in-love)

Me and my Dad, Ray Gauvreau. RIP Dad xo

R.I.P Avro. I still miss you!

R.I.P. Spitfire. You are missed so much!

About Me

I love to draw and make cards and share those creations here. I also love to do video or still picture tutorials whenever I can.
Right now I am drawing illustrations for Whimsy Stamps which they sell as rubber stamp images, mostly to people who make hand made cards, but also to scrapbookers and other paper crafters. They have also re-opened their digital portion of the store, and so I also have a line of digital images with them. I work from home in lovely Canada where I live with my husband Mike. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour and I live to love Him. He is the Master Artist; all I have to do is look into my husband's eyes, or my kids faces to see some of His best work. I hope you have a pleasant visit here, and perhaps find some inspiration. Thanks for stopping by!